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2 paź 2024 · In 2021, the average probability of a 10-year-old dying before age 24 was about 6 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in North America and Europe. Within the age group 10–24 years, mortality rates are lowest among adolescents aged 10–14, and highest among young adults aged 20–24 years.
10 paź 2024 · Adolescents with mental health conditions are particularly vulnerable to social exclusion, discrimination, stigma (affecting readiness to seek help), educational difficulties, risk-taking behaviours, physical ill-health and human rights violations.
25 wrz 2024 · New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022. This, coupled with findings that 12% of adolescents are at risk of problematic gaming, raises urgent concerns about the impact of digital technology on the mental health ...
27 lip 2021 · UNICEF’s measurement of mental health among adolescents at the population level initiative. Addressing adolescent mental health starts with good data on the prevalence of mental health conditions as well as risk and protective factors.
The most diagnosed mental health disorders among children ages 3-17 years in 2016-2019 were attention deficit disorder (9.8%, approximately 6 million), anxiety (9.4%, approximately 5.8 million), behavior problems (8.9%, approximately 5.5 million), and depression (4.4%, approximately 2.7 million).
An estimated 1.2 million adolescents die every year – mostly from preventable causes. Diseases like malaria and cholera still take the lives of adolescents worldwide, especially in humanitarian settings, where health services, and water, sanitation and hygiene facilities are scarce.
1 dzień temu · There is substantial evidence that the mental health of adolescents has deteriorated considerably since the early 2010s, with a rise in anxiety, depression, psychological distress and suicide (McGorry et al., 2024).This deteriorating trend has been relatively strong in the last couple of years and among girls (Cosma et al., 2024).While there are sizeable differences in this trend across ...
